Druids and Celtic mythology part 4
Celtic creation story
Most scholarly experts begin their analysis on the subject of the Druids’ story by referring to the classical accounts. The Roman and Greek observers wrote the reports, which contain the individuals’ agendas and perspectives. Even so, the reports are fascinating, and they refer to the late Iron Age era. The Druid community believe that before the universe was formed, there was a void. The only thing that existed in the vacuum was silence, but a holy breath came upon it. Therefore, the void started to turn (Leeming, 14). It is in the process of that turning that a shape arose. As the shape set, moved and drew in, the edges of the void started to form. The sides began to appear like iron as the formation continued. Eventually, the shape grew into the big revolving Cauldron, which held the void in its heart. The Cauldron turned around to make the first sound. It was the only note, which filled the vacuum (Leeming, 15). The sound of a song that praised its creation and one that called into the emptiness. Then a word was formed out of the note referred to as Don. It turned out to be the stone, the earth, and the rock; hence, the land was made.
Don, who was lonely, barren, and dark, sang the note of the land. In her loneliness, Don wept, and her tears turned out to be the oceans, the rivers, and the seas. The second note was sung by Cauldron, bringing harmony into the darkness. Llyr’s head was seen rising from the waters while the note of land united with that of the sea (Leeming, 20). Don smiled with each breaking wave as Llyr kissed her on her skin. Therefore, the sea embraced the land. Llyr touched Don on her dark skin, and she moaned with pleasure. The sky was created while the third note was chanted, and the harmony developed into a song. It was the breath of love, of Don and Llyr, and the land and sea. A light appeared as Beli Mawr opened his brilliant eye.
Druid seems to have come from a Celtic origin with an initial Indo European background. According to speculations, the word Druid refers to ‘Oak Wisdom.’ It mainly dates the beginnings of the current British by acquiring the name ‘Nintendo’ as well as the beliefs, philosophy, and traditions of the Druids. According to experts, the Druids had no relationship with the Stonehenge (Lewis, 204). They are usually arrogant about this after the Stonehenge was traced back in around 2400BC while the earliest Celts came after 1500 BC. The experts’ reason that the Druids are Celtic just because it is assumed that they came into existence when the Romans resolved to write about them. At the time of building Stonehenge, the Celts were not yet in Britain. Before the Celts arrived, there already existed a complicated spiritual process in Britain. When the Celts arrived, they lived together with the natives, and they finally merged (Lewis, 212). About 70% of the modern white British have DNA from mothers who are pre-Celtic. There were enough survivors of the merge between cultures to have also been passed on. The ancient Druids reserved the beliefs and knowledge that had been established in layers with time as they met and adjusted to different ideas while still valuing the old ones. It does not matter whether the Druids started in Egypt, India, Ireland, or Britain. It is the mixture of the tributaries that run together that makes and defines a river. A river has several sources, and every branch is like an ancestor (Rattansi, 24). It would have been impossible for Druids to link their ancestry with Stonehenge only if there was no knowledge passed on from the natives who established it to the Celts.
Works Cited
Leeming, David Adams. Creation myths of the world: An encyclopedia. Abc-Clio, 2010.
Lewis, James R. “Excavating Tradition: Alternative Archaeologies as Legitimation Strategies.” Numen 59.2-3 (2012): 202-221.
Rattansi, Ali. Multiculturalism: A very short introduction. OUP Oxford, 2011.